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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, The Mail Coach.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the only word Rashid can say at the end of Chapter 1?
(a) Ark.
(b) Meow.
(c) Bark.
(d) Lark.

2. What do the factories around Haroun's home town produce?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Strangeness.
(c) Kindness.
(d) Sadness.

3. Why is it difficult to get a ticket for the buses leaving the depot?
(a) There are not enough buses for all the people.
(b) Tickets are very inexpensive so there is very high demand.
(c) Tickets only go on sale for five minutes at a time.
(d) The buses only take people of a certain age.

4. Who is Rashid?
(a) Haroun's mother.
(b) Haroun's brother.
(c) Haroun's father.
(d) Haroun's sister.

5. Why does Butt not stop to pick up the mail?
(a) So he can make it home in time for dinner.
(b) So he can impress Rashid and Haroun.
(c) So he can set a record.
(d) So he can keep his promise to Haroun.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Soraya run off with?

2. How many people were killed on the bus that plunged into the gully?

3. How many soliders does Buttoo travel with?

4. How long ago did a bus plunge into the gully?

5. Who is Butt?

(see the answer key)

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